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I’d stopped following cricket during the madness that followed the match fixing scandal. But somewhere over the last few years – I’ve been drawn back to the game. I can’t help but root for England in the Ashes. As such I will root for any team playing against the Aussies.
Around the workplace – the [...]
Posted on August 2nd, 2009 by Neha Viswanathan
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How appropriate it is that a pioneering aviator should write these fantastic words
“Him that I love, I wish to be free — even from me.”
Incredible thought. But this comes from someone who wrote this as well -
“Don’t wish me happiness — I don’t expect to be happy; it’s gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage [...]
Posted on January 24th, 2009 by Neha Viswanathan
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*trigger – Warning – if you’re not in the right frame of mind to read about sexual assault, don’t read further*
Moving essay. But more than moving, it is shockingly articulate. The idea of a “Not Rape” …
What we were not prepared for was everything else. Rape was something we could identify, an act with a [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
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Suddenly the mind remembers this fantastic poem. By Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
Teri Samundar Ankhon Mein
Yah dhup kinara shaam dhalen,
Milte hain dono waqt jahan,
Jo raat na din, jo aaj na kal,
pal bhar ko amar, pal bhar mein dhuaan
Is dhup kinaare pal do pal.
Hothon ki lapak
Baahon ki khanak
Yah mel hamaara jhooth na sach
Kyon raar karen, kyon dosh dharen
kis [...]
Posted on December 7th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
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I am a week and a day old at my new workplace and so far it’s been a good ride. Even as I learn a whole new way of approaching accounts, and get used to new faces. For starters, the coffee machine is decent, and I have a big desk. I also have an Owl [...]
Posted on September 30th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
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This is such an incredibly beautiful post. [via Marginal Revolution] The photographs are haunting, and the reflections on the remains of what was once a school books depository are almost creepy. Abandoned places have a strange impact. Either they amaze you with their ability to create a whole new world within, or they fill you [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
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Many thanks to the Punkster who is making the transition to this theme a lot smoother. While she tinkers with the innards of my Wordpress, I am suddenly distracted. For no reason at all, I feel like sharing this piece from the Kuruntokai, part of the Ettuthokai anthology, as penned by Sembula Peyaneerar.
As translated so [...]
Posted on April 20th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
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